Editing Robyn Williams (section)

==Trade union activism==
In 1977, Williams gave an impassioned speech to the ABC Staff Association against ABC management's quiescence in the face of budget cuts and political interference. He said that a UK proposal that the government appoint one third of BBC board members had been publicly opposed by BBC management but that the ABC chairman acted as if he headed an organisation rivalling the BBC. Following his speech the meeting voted unanimously that it had no confidence in the ABC chair, John Norgard.<ref>{{
cite book | year = 1991  | last = Molomby | first = Tom | title = Is there a moderate on the roof? ABC Years  | publisher = William Heinemann Australia  | location = Port Melbourne  | pages  = 97–100}}</ref>